It wasn't nearly as simple a question as it sounded, so Valdis waited patiently, almost dreading the answer no matter what it was. Abaddon had told her back in Keeliai that Devin needed someone to trust, and that she was somehow that person. She hadn't liked holding something so fragile and easily broken then and she certainly didn't like it now. But of all the people she had met here, Devin was the only one she trusted with aspects of herself that she never wanted anyone to know. After all, monsters couldn't judge other monsters and everyone else who knew the entirety was long gone.

The answer was in line with the fragment's words, and Valdis couldn't find an answer to his question right away. The entire thing was so delicate and until the elements of herself faded from X's essence, she couldn't say with certainty that this was the end of it. Yet X was far too emotional to hide from her like others could. He wore his heart on his sleeve where anyone could see it and what he displayed had never wavered from what she felt through her empathy. She took a deep breath and shook her head.

"I'm saying that if you trust me, then you must trust that if I knew of any danger, I would tell you." A slight pause, "It may help to know that X's soul is untainted by our lives."

She, at least, felt some relief with that knowledge.